Nicola Coughlan Says Drunk ‘Bridgerton’ Fan Went Up to Her in a Bathroom and ‘Started Talking About My Body’ and ‘I Wanted to Die. I Hate This So Much’

Mar 5, 2026 3:34pm PT Nicola Coughlan Says Drunk ‘Bridgerton’ Fan Went Up to Her in a Bathroom and ‘Started Talking About My Body’ and ‘I Wanted to Die. I Hate This So Much’ By Zack Sharf Plus Icon Zack Sharf Digital News Director ZSharf Latest ‘Project Hail Mary’ Director Says ‘There’s No Green Screen in the Movie Whatsoever’ but Clarifies There’s 2,018 VFX Shots: ‘Not a Single Green or Blue Screen Was Used’ 8 hours ago Jodie Sweetin Says Candace Cameron Bure ‘Does Her Thing and We Sit on Very Opposite Sides’ After Claim ‘Full House’ Co-Star ‘Has Gone a Bit Dave Chappelle-y’ 1 day ago Maggie Gyllenhaal Says ‘The Bride’ Test Screenings Criticized Film’s Sexual Violence and Warner Bros. Boss Told Her ‘You Can’t Have Frankenstein Lick Black Vomit Off the Bride’s Neck’ 2 days ago See All “ Bridgerton ” star Nicola Coughlan told Elle UK magazine that she was once confronted by a drunk fan of the Netflix smash hit while in a bathroom. The inebriated woman proceeded to openly discuss Coughlan’s body while right in front of her much to the actor’s dismay. Coughlan plays Penelope on the Netflix series, with the show’s third season focusing on her love story with Colin Bridgerton. “You know what was really bizarre was, when I was shooting that series, I was exercising a lot because I knew I had to, so I had lost a bunch of weight – I was probably a size 10 and one of the corsets was a size 8,” Coughlan told Elle about Season 3. “And then people talked about how I was plus size and I was like, ‘How fucked are we that I am the biggest woman you want to see on screen?'” Related Stories France’s Epicentre Boards Alfredo Castro Pic, ‘Dog Legs’